Section 57 — Building Act 2004: Payment of levy if building work completed in stages

57 Payment of levy if building work completed in stages (1) If building work is, or is proposed to be, completed in stages, the estimated value of the building work must be taken, for the purpose of assessing the levy payable for the building work, to include the estimated value of the preceding stage (if that preceding stage had an estimated value of less than the prescribed minimum estimated value). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , any new building work in connection with a building must be treated as a further stage of any previous building work in connection with that building if— (a) a building consent was, or ought to have been, obtained for that previous building work; and (b) the code compliance certificate for that building work has not been issued as at the date of the application for a building consent for the new building work. Compare: 1991 No 150 s 23B(3), (4)